I hadn't been at The Shed for a while, so seeing the room slowly fill up as Zen Poets showed itself as a true band was encouraging. I'd also missed the first Station gig--which I'd heard was packed with an enthusiastic audience--& was just as encouraged by what I assume was a room full of Chapel Hillians & Carrboroids who like jazz but don't seek it out. Due to Robbie Link working with Michelle the Station manager, you can now escape the summer sun on Saturday afternoons at 2pm until 8/27. I'll be noting each of those sessions in Peter's Blog...
Though both venues were full or pretty full, what a nice contrast! Zen Poets, primarily made of younger players, had an enthusiastic, diverse audience at an almost-full Shed Friday night--while Scott Sawyer reunited with bassist Robbie Link & Dan Hall for a standing room only first set at The Station's Saturday afternoon series for what could have been the monthly AARP Jazz Club. The music was fine at both, people were there because they liked that jazz, & I've even more bullish about jazz in our area.
I hadn't been at The Shed for a while, so seeing the room slowly fill up as Zen Poets showed itself as a true band was encouraging. I'd also missed the first Station gig--which I'd heard was packed with an enthusiastic audience--& was just as encouraged by what I assume was a room full of Chapel Hillians & Carrboroids who like jazz but don't seek it out. Due to Robbie Link working with Michelle the Station manager, you can now escape the summer sun on Saturday afternoons at 2pm until 8/27. I'll be noting each of those sessions in Peter's Blog...
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AuthorPeter Burke has liked jazz since he was in high school. Having lived & worked in exotic places with & without local jazz scenes, he has also led a Guide To Local Jazz class in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke. Archives
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